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This review is the third edition of the market research of calcium carbide in the CIS.

Market monitoring has been ongoing since 2000.

The purpose of the study is to analyze the market of calcium carbide - Russian and CIS countries.

The object of the study is calcium carbide (CaC2).

This work is a desk study. As the sources of information, the state balances of the RF mineral resources, the data of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation (FSSS RF), the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, the statistics of railway transportations of the Russian Federation, the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation (FCS of the Russian Federation), the State Customs Service GTS) of Ukraine, Agency for Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RK). Also, data from the UN Comtrade database, the industry and regional press, annual and quarterly reports of securities issuers, as well as websites of producers and consumers of calcium carbide were used.

The first chapter of the survey gives information on technology and equipment for the production of calcium carbide, and on the requirements for raw materials for its production.

The second chapter of the review is devoted to the production of calcium carbide in the CIS countries. This section describes the requirements of the existing regulatory and technical documentation for the quality of calcium carbide, provides statistical data on the volume of product output in the CIS countries in 2000-2016, describes the current status of the largest producers.

The third chapter of the review describes foreign trade operations with calcium carbide in Russia, Ukraine (in 2000-2017), Kazakhstan and other CIS countries (in 2007-2016). The statistical data on the volumes of foreign trade operations, the regional structure of exports and imports, data on the volumes of supplies of the main exporters and importers are given.

The fourth chapter provides information on the price level for calcium carbide in the domestic Russian market in 2004-2016, and also analyzes data on changes in export-import prices for these products in Russia and Kazakhstan in 2000-2017.

The fifth chapter of the review considers the consumption of calcium carbide in Russia. In this section the production-consumption balance of these products is presented, the branch structure of consumption is described, the main consumers of commodity calcium carbide are given.

The sixth chapter provides a forecast for the development of the market for calcium carbide in Russia for the period up to 2025.

The appendix contains addresses and contact information of the main enterprises producing calcium carbide in the CIS countries.